ganchaliguru

Two questions:

1. Feel free to answer this question with as few details as you like - what's the most fun conversation you had with a detainee?

2. If you always were skeptical about Gitmo, what motivated you to join in the first place? Sure, you thought Gitmo would close but at a deeper level, why did you choose to serve?

1. I understand.

2. Just want to understand this better, if that's okay. I get the instinctive call to duty when I see my country attacked, like in 9/11. Where I think narratives surrounding 9/11 play a crucial role is in that call to duty manifesting itself overwhelmingly in favour of military service. I think 9/11 was an ideal time for the US to, of course, strengthen borders and retaliate to neutralize the immediate threat but also to a) strengthen soft power or b) reach out to parts of the world that felt alienated by US actions/policy or c) even help in the rebuilding effort post-9/11 in terms of helping with trauma. Why, in other words, does patriotic duty after an event like 9/11 get reduced to military service? Apologies, I do not intend to be rude or diminish your contribution. Only trying to understand this better.